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What can you expect here? There are many organisations working for children’s rights and they all have websites (some you can find under links here). So what will this website add? This website has the perspective of psychologist and educator Philip Veerman. Veerman was part of many developments: in 1970 most emotionally disturbed children in ☞ About this website

Dr. Veerman holds degrees in psychology, education, social work and human rights. He is an expert in children’s rights, child protection, forensic psychology, history of education, international human rights, and international cooperation. He wrote a doctoral dissertation in the field on the rights of the child. In addition he did research and advocacy work (among ☞ Dr. P. E. Veerman

Subsequent to the University of Groningen’s Honours College Program, entitled Children's Rights in Health Care, the need to publish the lecture contributions to this Program was generally expressed and confirmed by its participants. The Program, ☞ Children’s Rights in Health Care

"Thanks to theory, I know. Thanks to practice, I feel"
Janusz Korczak, The Special School 1925
Learn from leading thinkers and innovators inspired by the philosophy, life and work of Janusz Korczak.
The theme of the conference is: The Child; ☞ 8th International Korczak Conferece

July 2017 - present Psychologist at De Juttters in The Hague
January 2017 - July 2017 Psychologist at Kick Your Habits
March 2017 - present Chartered member of BPS, the British Psychological Society
June 2016 - present Board member of ☞ Job positions and board memberships

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Taking Stock after 25 Years and Looking Ahead
Edited by Prof. Ton Liefaard, Leiden University, the Netherlands and Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen, University of the Western Cape, South ☞ Taking Stock after 25 Years and Looking Ahead

The definition of a child as ‘a human being untill 18 years of age’ has been overtaken by new knowledge as a result of brain research, and new insights from developmental psychology and societal circumstances. Philip Veerman and Peter Greeven (in ☞ youth care and child protection agencies can’t stay behind

CoMensha is a Dutch NGO which plays an important role in the fight against trafficking in human beings. An important task of CoMensha is to register notifications of (potential) victims of trafficking. The organisation records these facts about the ☞ Philip Veerman is member of the Advisory Board of CoMensha

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In case you did not know: November 20 is Universal Children’s Day. On 14 December 1954 the UN General Assembly recommended that all countries institute a Universal Children’s Day “as a day of ☞ Happy Universal Children’s Day!